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I think America has to do more than be a broker now. Because both the Palestinians are weak and Israel is very weak.

Brent Scowcroft

Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don’t agree with that, because I don’t think we’re capable of doing that.
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We have not been forthcoming about explaining a security relationship for the region, in which Iran can feel secure and thus maybe willing to do something.
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After the ’30s, we said, “no more Munichs.” And it got us in a lot of problems. Then we said, “No more Vietnams.” Now if we say, “No more Iraqs,” the next one won’t be an Iraq. It will be something different. You can’t learn lessons.
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I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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If you look back at the first Gulf war, the Arabs sent forces, they sent money. So their interests in Iraq are clear, but they’re nowhere to be seen now. Why? Because right now, it’s dangerous to be seen as supporting the United States.
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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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America is stronger than any state probably since the Roman Empire. But we can’t do what used to be done with that kind of strength.
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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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